DowntownClusters

The best place for your best days

Programs

Our person-centered programs/services range from art therapy, occupational therapy, recreational therapy to health services of physicians and nurses, to inter-generational activities, to caregivers' support groups, to a specialized Montessori activity based Alzheimer's program and many more.

Art Therapy Men's Workshop Extended Day Program

Art therapy provides an alternative pathway of expression for those who find verbal expression physically difficult or emotionally threatening.
Art therapy helps participants tap into their abilities and strengths at a time in their lives when they are often reminded of losses and deficits.

Men's workshop sessions create a time for "men only" which lends opportunity for bonding and "man talk" that can only be appreciated in a non-coed setting. As a forum for "man to man" interaction, men's workshop enhances communication and socialization skills for men attending the Center.

The extended day program enables caregivers to bring their loved ones to the Center as early as 7:45 a.m. and return for them as late as 5:45 p.m. Our extended day program participants utilize additional time to engage in activities and/ or chat with peers and staff, thus eliminating the loneliness and boredom of being at home alone.

Hearing Impaired Program Alzheimer's Program Recreational Therapy

The purpose of the hearing impaired program is to improve communication, increase socialization and prevent isolation in the hearing challenged participant. The hearing impaired group assists participants experiencing various degrees of hearing loss.

The Alzheimer's program provides an adapted environment sensitive to the needs and limitations of participants with Alzheimer's disease and other forms of dementia. The Alzheimer's program offers a variety of services and activities that stimulate participants cognitively, physically and psycho-socially in a safe and caring environment.

Recreation therapy is a therapeutic process which addresses illnesses or disabilities by refreshing one's mind or body through some activity that amuses or stimulates. Recreation therapy provides participants activities that enhances independence, socialization, fine/gross motor skills, decision making skills and teamwork.

Occupational Therapy Health and Wellness Program Social Services

Occupational therapy is the therapeutic process which promotes participants' mental, physical and social performance. Major areas addressed at the Center to enhance activities and instruments of daily living are: image awareness, home management and sensory groups. Through occupational therapy, skills such as eating, dressing, bathing meal preparation and shopping are enhanced for participants.

Health/wellness is an enhanced dimension of health care involving good physical self-care using one's mind constructively, expressing one's emotions effectively, interacting creatively with others and being concerned about one's physical and psychological environment. Through the Center's health/wellness program participants become actively involved in promoting health/wellness and preventing disease and injury.

The Center's social services component provides assistance and quality supportive services to participants and their caregivers. Social services delivered to participants which included case management, intake assessments, evaluations, individual and family counseling, treatment plans and telephone reassurance, commodity foods distribution, caregiver's support group meetings and adult education.

Movement Therapy

Movement therapy is the psycho-therapeutic use of movement to promote the emotional and physical integration of the individual. It provides a personal approach for expressing thoughts and feelings while simultaneously learning adaptive coping skills. With the guidance of the therapist, participants gain an appreciation of their own movement patterns and the effect those patterns have on daily functioning basis.